Detective Conan ( 名探偵 ( めいたんてい )コナン, Meitantei Konan, lit. Great Detective Conan) is a Japanese detective series written and illustrated.
It has been serialized in the Japanese manga anthology since 1994 and had been collected in 94 volumes by December 18, 2017. The manga has been adapted into an anime series by the animation studio, directed by (episode 1 to 252), (episode 110 to 332, 667 to 677, 681 to the last episode to date), (episode 318 to 504), (505 to 666, and 678 to 680), and is broadcast in Japan on,. The series debuted on January 8th, 1996 and will have broadcast 897 episodes by March 24, 2018. The series has seen high levels of popularity in both manga and anime formats in Japan since its reception, and has also been adapted into nineteen movies, with the first released on April 17th, 1997 and since then followed with a movie released each year, always in the month of April. Ten of the movies held a top 10 box office position in the year they were screened. In addition, five related to the movies and twelve have been released.